Cooperative Agreement DEEI0003266

This cooperative agreement award of $262,177.92 from the Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration will support the University of Texas at Austin in improving estimation of technically recoverable oil and gas resources for the National Energy Modeling System. Under the award, which runs from April 15, 2021 through April 14, 2022, the University will incorporate original oil- and gas-in-place heat maps into well-level production data processing routines. This aims to specifically enhance the underlying estimation of technically recoverable oil and gas resources by taking into account the underlying geology in each county. The work supports the State Heating Oil and Propane Program's joint federal-state data collection efforts on heating fuel consumption.